The Ladies Assistant In The Formation Of Their Flower Gardens Containing Twenty Distinct Designs

by Josua Major Son Landscape Gardeners

$225 · Offered by Tavistock Books

First edition

London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans, 1861. 1st edition. 28 pp of explicatory text, followed by 6 pages of lists. 24 images on 9 inserted plates. 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 . Late 19th C. tan half-calf with marbled paper boards, eps & edges. Binding with wear to edges, and stain to bottom of spine. Rear board shows 4 2-3mm puncture wounds horizontal across the back, 3-3/4 from the top edge; with resultant holes severity

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.